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12 * Bell-Hop’s Call SHOT 70 DEATH INRAID ON L Another Wounded at Virginia Beach—Posses Seek Alleged Assailant. By the Asrociated Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 4.—Fired upon from ambush as they were approaching a still through a marsh near Virginia Beach resterday afternoon, Allen Gim- bert was killed and County Officer Ciaude Fentre was shot through the leg. Gimbert was one of the organizers of the Princess Anne County Law and Order League and was vested with spe- | cial police authority. l Posses After Assallant. Tuke Spellman, negro, aileged assail- | ant of the officers, was ut liberty late last night. Posses of officers and ctvil- fans were scouring the woods and ! marshes of Princess Anne county in quest of him. Spellman’s father and three of his brothers, arrested shortly after the shooting, were taken to jail &t Virginia Beach No demonstration @gainst the prisoners was manifested &t the be h, although it is claimed that &!l four of them were at the still with YLuke Spellman when the officers were fired upon from ambush. Officer Fentress' wound is not re- garded as of serious nature. TInquest into the death of Gimbert will be held at Virginia Beach Friday night. Gim- bert was forty-five years old and is sur- wvived by his wife and four children. He and his brother, Ben Gimbert, had been &ctive in eaforcement of the prohibition Jaw in Princess Anne ccunty for four years, since the formation of *“The Purity eague,” as the band of civilian police that copes with the liguor situation in ghat county is known. Homes Burned. ad gained the enmity of law vio- his friends assert, because of his in the suppression of liquor and about a year ago his home &nd that of his brother were burned, and last year a fusillade of bullets was fired Into his hame. These demonstra- tions at the time were attributed to enemies gained through his police ac- tivities, RUM RUNNER FLEES AUTO AND 100 GALS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, May 4.—Taking up the pursult of a liquor-laden auto- obile, which had escaped prohibition ©fficers and police of Alexandria after & running fight, Sheriff Clements of Ariintgon county and four of his as- sistants, East, Welsh, Kines and Thom- son, effected a capture on the back road Wiear the oil tanks in Rosslyn early this smorning. The driver, realizing that es- €ape from the county officers was im- possible, ran his machine into the bushes &nd abandoned it. He has not been ap- prenended. The automobile and its cargo, approximately 100 gallons, was gaken to Arlington County Jail. Trap Set, Capture of the liquor, according to the officers, was made possible through & trap set for two other liquor running cars they were expecting to come through. The officers had placed a big truck across the road, blocking passage. Becing this, it is said, the driver of the geized machine realized that he was cornered and made an attempt to hide the car in the bushes. Later the officers arrested George Xing of Washington in connection with the case. King, who appeared on the scene in a big touring car, @dmitted, Sheriff Clements states, of having come for the abandoned car. He denied, according to the sheriff, ©f having ‘any Interest In the seized 1le h, Yiquor. stating that he had been re- | quested by a man in Washington to got_the car. He failed to show an operator's license, and was held at the county jall on this charge pend- fng further investigation into the 2Uquor case. Boys Steal Auto. Two Pittsburgh boys, who gave their names as Wayne H. Moon and Howard Phlilips, aged efghteen and seventeen, respectively, were arrest- €d by Traffic Officer O. W. Welsh, at Del Ray, Va. and, following an ex- emination, admitted they had a stolen €ar in their possession. The youngsters werc stopped by the officer when he discovered that the car bore only one license tag. When gQuestioned, Moon expressed surprise &t the absence of the rear tag, stat- Ing that it must have dropped from the machine since their last stop. oon explained to Officer Welsh that e was en route to South Carolina to Bee relatives, and was taking Phillips slong for company, but when he falled to show an operator's permit, the officer decided that the Arlington county jail should be their destina- gion. Admit Another Theft. In confessing. the boys stated that @t another tima they drove a car as gur as Chambersburg, abandoned it, &nd returned home, A telegram was received from the Pittsburgh authorities late yesterday ernoon requesting that the bove held until the arrival of an offi- from that city, who would come o take them back MAY FESTIVAL TONIGHT IN HYATTSVILLE ARMORY Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, M gestival Is to be given tonight and tomorrow night in the armory of sompany F, 1st Infantry, Maryland fay 4.—A May National Guard, of Hyattsville, under he auspices of the company’sladies’ uziliary. Vaudeville and other fea- ures will be offered this ovening and omorrow evening will be given over §o dancing. Proceeds wil be used pay for chinaware for Company F. olegates from Prince Georges €ounty to the third annual convention g, the Maryland League of Woman oters in session in Baltimore in- eludes Mrs. K. J. Morris, chairman of e county league: rs Theodore J. ‘andoren, Mrs. MacNeil, Mrs. Edgar rs. B. F. Wade, Mrs, George ves, Miss Elizabeth Gardner, re. Samuel Beall, Mrs. H. J. Patter- n and Miss E. Blanche Mount. Garrison for Sheriff. Announcement has been made by Shomas H. Garrison, a constable for $yatteville district, that he will be & candidate for the republican nomi- $ation for sheriff of Prince Georges €ounty at tho primaries to be held fn September. Garrison, a former @eputy sheriff, is one of the oldest efficers of the county In point of serv- fce. He is engaged in the automobile &coessories busincss here. A handsome victrola was presented EBnyder-Farmer Post, No. 3, American Leglon, of Hyattsvilie, by its woman's SuxiliaTy, at a joint meeting of the post and auxiliary in the legion club- Fooms here. The presentation speoch was made by Mrs. P. K. Parlett, presi- ent of the auxiliary, and Alan H. ottinger, commander of the post, ave a brief speech of acceptance. efreshments were served, following hich there was dancing. Near East Consignmen The second large consignment of jothing, shoes and toys sent Near t Relief headquarters in Balti- more within the past few weeks was #hipped today. The tovs were con- tributed by local Girl Scouts and by the pupils of Miss Tetlow's class in Pinkney Memorial Church Sunday ®chool. Frank Harvey of Hyattsville, owner of a line of trucks, took both mhipments to Baltimore fre | | For Ponzi Gives 39 Mayors Laugh The apparent ignorance of a Wil- lard Hotel bell-hop of events In the past was capitalized today by a person with a sense of humor, but whose name could not be learned. As the lobby of the Willard was overflowing with mayors of thir- ty-nine Massachusetts ‘cities and their friends—in fact, the lobby was all Massachusetts except per- haps the employes—a bellboy car- rying out the ethics of his profes- slon stalked around the hotel en- trance crying: “Call for Mr. Ponzi, please.” ~Soon the word fell on ears that knew, and the hum of conversation was immediately changed into a roar of laughler. START PERMANENT ANTENARGOTIC WAR Conference Organizers Here Elect Dr. George M. Kober to Chairmanship. | Permanent organization of the Anti- Narcotic Upnference with Dr. G M. Kober, de: of Georgetown 9 School, as permanent nd Rexford L. Holmes of hington. organizer of th ve- | nent sccretary s meeting of the con- | the Willard Hotel. Dr. r was authorized to appoint four- | teen vice chairmen. who, together With Nimsei? and Mr. Holmes. are to| act as an executive committee to carry on the business of the confer- ence until its next annual meeting. Mrs. W. C. Roe, for many years a missionary among the Indians, spoke this morning on the evil effects and rapld spread of the insidious drug pevote, among tho Indians, and a resolution was adopted by the con- ference calling upon the government to tako steps to Wipe out this menace before it spread among the white population. Other _speakers this morning included Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for_the Anti-Saloon Leaguci Dr. W. C. Woodward, former health officer; Dr. Amos O. Squire of Sing. Sing prison and Claude Records of Kansas City. Mrs. Laura B. Evans 1of Tavlorville, Tll, presided at the meetin, U. S, Seeks to Curb Trafiic. Continual efforts of the government to bring about international agree- ments to curb the drug traffic and pleas of the State Department to drug producing countries to curtail the supply to the needs of medicine and science were described in a speech by Secretary of State Hughes, read in h absence by Undersecretary Wil- liam Phillips, before the Anti-Narcotic convention at a banquet held last night at the w Willard Hotel “The policy of the United States in regard to traffic in narcotic drugs is unmistakable,” Mr. Hughes declared “It is to restrict the manufacture and domestic distribution to medicinal and scfentific uses. The laws on this sub- ject are administered by the Treas- ury Department. The Department of State is concerned with the traffic in so far as it is affected by our rela- tions wlith foreign powers. In this respect, too, our policy Is well de- fined. U. S. Adheres to Treaty. “It has been the consistent policy of the United States,” he continued. “to adhere to the letter and spirit of this treaty and to urge upon other nations the advisability of adhering to it and of enacting legislation Which will carry out its provisions. “Only last year Congress cnacted a {law which provides, among other things, that no narcotic drugs may be exported to countries which are not | parties to this convention. _and | Which do not have effective svstems { of control over domestic distribution. The Pan-American conferen~e ~t | antlago has just adopted a resolu- tion, submitted by the delegation uf | the United States, declaring its ap- proval of The Hague convention and urging those American states which have not already done so to ratify it and to enact legislation to put it into effect. 2 “It will thus be seen that the United States is not only bound by existing international treaty obligation to co- operate with other nations in the suppression of the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, but has made this co- operation a sine qua non on the part of any natlon desiring to obtain nar- cotics in this country. Large Illiclt Trafic. “It is_quite true that there exists a large illicit trafic in narcotic drugs. The origin of most of these drugs, I am convinced, is found to be either in those countries which have not rati- fled The Hague opium convention and made it effective by domestic legisla- tion, or in countries which. having ratified the convention, do not cffec- tively control the domestic production or distribution of narcotics. We are bending every effort to induce the na- tions to ratify The Hague convention and to use the mechanism of that in- strument to the utmost extent pos- sible in order to eradicate this illicit trade. To that end we are in constant communication with other nations. exchanging_information which will lead to the detection and apprehension of illicit dealers. I am happy to say that illicit traffic is daily becoming internationally more difficult. 1 General Agreement Needed. “It is apparent, however, that ade- quate progress cannot jbe made in the suppression of this traffic until there is general agreement upon what Is to be regarded as illegitimate traffic. The position of the govern- ment of the United States {s that the legitimate use of narcotic drugs is limited to medical and sclentific rurposes. Further, it is the position of this government that the illegiti- imate trafic cannot be stopped un- less production of the raw product for other than medical or scientific purposes is stopped. Investigations have shown that large. or uncon- trolled production means large con- sumption. BY a recent resolution of Congress the President is called upon to urge those governments in whosc territories oplum and cocoa lerves are produced to reduce their produc- tion to an amount sufficient for strictly medicinal and sclentific usecs and to report to Congress at its next session. “It is the intention of the Depart- ment of State to endeavor to bring 2bout an {nternational recognition of this principle. The Hague conven- tion furnishes the basis for interna- tion co-operation to this end, and to whatever _extent that convention rroves to be inadequate, it should be sppropriately supplemented.” ORCHESTRA CONCERT. Orchestra concert program, to be given tonight, 8 o'clock at the United States Marine In- stitute, 8th and I strects south- east, by the Unlted States Navy Band Orchestra, Charles Benter, director: 1. Symphony in B minor. “Un- finished”....Franz Shubert (a) Allegro moderato, (b) Andante con moto. . Scenes from the oper: ar- ‘men.” op. 318, George Bizet . Two_dances, (a) “Arabian Dance’” Bainbridge Crist (b) “Chinese Dance” Bainbridge Crist from “Trene. Harry Tierney . Valse de concert, “Pomone.” Emil Waldteufel “Francaise” Ciro Urbini Spangled Ban- . Excerpts . Marche, Finale, “Star ner.” |the Unitea ithe prosecution THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., PAYNE DEPOSITION |PLAN §125,000 CLUB | | ON MORSES TAKEN FOR CHILDREN ONLY|CHANGE IN SCHOOLS Case Halted to Allow Law-|Chevy Chase Recreation Or- yers for Defense to Be ganization to Rush Work Present. on Building. The deposition of Johu Barton Tayne, special envoy to Mexico, is be- Ing taken this afternoon for use. if necessary, at the trial of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and four others, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with war-time ship contracts. Justice Stafford adjourned the trial of the case at 2:30 o'clock until Mon- day morning to permit counsel to be present at the examination of Mr. Payne. The deposition was taken at the of- fices of Attorney Wilton J. Lambert for the defcnse in the Munsey build- ing. A clubhouse to cost $125,000 is plan- ned by the Chevy Chase Recreation {Club, to bo erected just across the District lino in Maryland, whereonly children will be admitted to member- ship, it was learned today. The club Is to contain a swimming paol, & gymnasium, an auditorium, tannis courts and a three-acre athletic fleld | for foot ball, base ball and all otBer fleld and track sports. The campaign for such a buildingt and endowment fund has just been inaugurated and will be rushed through between now and the first of June, in order that the athletic field be put into immediate use and worlk started on the construction of the clubhouse as soon as possible. F. P. Wilcox of 3808 Kana president of the Chevy Chase fon Club, is sponsor of the movement, Other residents of Chevy Chase identified with the launching of the campaign are Mrs. Rae P. Wright, Mrs. W. A. Boss, Mrs. Warren Brush, Mrs, Eimont B. Hazzard, Mre. A B. Crane, Mrs. Guy M. MacDowell, Mrs. Herbert Hanger, Mrs. William Pol- lard, Frank Shipe, Fred S. Lincoln, E. Dana Caulkins, Dr. M. P. Eslin! Mrs. George Stone. Dr. S.'J. Mauck- Hey. Col. P. M. Anderson, Joseph A. {Burkhart, Michael Heister, Stanwood Cobb. Charles Casterlin. V' Corby, | {Rac Semmes, Jobn L. Wirt and Fred MacKenzie. Campaign headquarters are open at The contents of the statcment ot {,‘:;’Kg F».yno will be kept secret until togydefenso is called on to present foaumony in the event that Justice htafford decldes the government shail Tave made out its case of conspiracy. Lhited States Attorney Gordon and Assistant Attorneys General Turner and Allison were on hand to cross- examine the former head of the Shipping Board. ~Judge Payne ex- Fisay to start for Mexico Sunday ky Scrutiny of Finances. iy ar B YinY, of the fnancial abil, men?’i _ru'«':((t‘n.{lk?:f?i:thl'fmfo:fhr«'lc Morses were million- FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1923. URGES CURRICULUM Tun the public schools,” “But let them try it.” s The public school curriculum in the past, President Owen asserted, has been accidentally Mosaic. The need now, ho added, is to make a program that has educational justification. Mr. Owen described the enormous growth of the Natlonal Education As- sociation, saying that its membership now totaled approximately ' 150,000, he sald. | sohools. Reports Are Read. Reports of various committes chair- National Education Leader Asks Continuity in Program. Hits Present System. council at its initial session, which was followed at 1 o'clock by lunch- ‘;““i‘l in the Cosmos Club assembly | hall. | | Fedoral Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert and Brig. Gen. John McA. Palmer, U. S. A., will speak this afternoon. Reports aiso will be mad . Willoughby, Dr. Vernon K nd M. L. Burton. ablishment of the new division of college personnel was described as one of the important activities of | the council during the past year by | Dr. €. R. Mann, director, in his re ;Durl to the body at the opening ses- sion. As a result of this work Dr. Mann_said that the council has on file the names ‘of 4,001 university #. An appropriation ot $7.000 for the continuation of the woTk of the college persounel division. Keports also were presented at the opening session by Dean Ada Com- stock, treasurer; Lotus D. Coffman, president of the University of Min- nesota and chairman of the executivy committee: Donald J. Cowliy man of the finance committ George D. Straver, chairman commission in charge finance inquiry; Dr. Samuel P. Cape n, chairman of the committee on Frane:o- American exchange; Dean Herman A Ames, chairman of ‘the committee on international educational relat] pns, there { #nd Dr. John H. McCracken, chair man in pub- | of the committec on federal leffsl Every- | tion. g they cat ! Prof. r pointed out fn' his Need of a definite program of ad- ministration and curriculum for the American publie schools, which will have continuity from the kindergar ten through the sccondary schools, was stressed by Willlam B. Owen, president of the National Education Association, at the openlng session today of the sixth annual meeting of the American Councll on Education at the Cosmos Club. Such a program, he said, his organization is trying to set up through a special commission. Heretofore the administration and urrioulum program of the schools, gresident Owen pointed out, has been worked out piccemeal. “It is a start- 1ing thing,” he said, “but true. Have Program Ready. “We have a program that when worked out we will try and get the Amerkean_people to adopt,” he d Prof . of ce to put anything . We are bullding a to the pftblic mind as deliberately as we can.” Mr. Owen emphasized that has been « widespread attack lic_educatfon in America. body and anybody think Women’s Silk Bags Moire Popdin Bags. with nice frames, some have extra double com- All bave mir- Stray men occupled most of the time of the | of educationsal | Whexre Youx* Dollorr SENATOR LMDORSES NURSE. FUND DRIVE Senator-elecy Roval §. Copeland of New York, wiq for many vears has been in active ¢harge of the health of snany of whom are teachers in the | the metropol#s, gave his indorsement | of the campaign of the Instructive | Visiting Nurg.e Society of Washington ' in a letter to Mrs. David | | for £100,000 Potter, cha¥rman of the appeals com- mittee. recs:ived today. |11 Yothing fs imore Vital to the pub- lie heulll} Ihan the visitation of the | homes,” &vrote Pr. Copeland. “The | nurses dycover health hazards, give | instructifans to the mothers, direct the children; to the proper agencics for the relfef of physical defects, and arrangg for their feeding when the nccessry exis “In " the most ghickly populated uare mile on the carth’s surface the Infant death rate ix phenom ally "low. One reason for this is the | worJ: of the visiting nurse. “fivery cit {intf rest in the public health and this Wl K is one of its chief factors.” Jor. Copeland closed his letter with thre hope that the campaign | “Tave the great success it deserves.” | The drive to maintain the work of | ¥he society for the next two years ‘and the public is urged to send con- tribution: soon s | possible | Joshua Evans, jr.. treasurer, at Room 20 Star building. that the spending of the rgest report five states D! incon the per cent. The five states spending the lowset amount—Virginia, North ! Caroli; Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama—ranged from $3.47 to $2.51. The meeting_will close tomorrow morning with the election of officers. n- | en has a direct personal | will | | fofficially closes within a few days,| f chair. | to | amount | capita for education ranged from | $20.87 or 1.98 per cent to $10.44 or 1.41 | aires and the steamship excellent financial | condition thers was comparatively little real money LY nd them. R. G, Higley of New vork, closely related to tho Morse concerns, declared that the cash bal- ance of the United States S eamship Company in December, 1017, averaged about £50,600 and was at no time near lvl.lrflfl.nml He testified that his knowledge came from daily stat, ments furnished him by Nehemia I Campbell, treasurer of the com pany and one of the defendants. After his disagreement with Charles Morse over the question of locat- | ing the Virginia Shipbuilding Cor- | poration. Higley said the attitude of Morse toward him changed and the daily statements were not shown to B ey This was early in 1918, and v left the com A EoE e pany in August Higley Testifles. . Higley of New York, former | of one of the Morse com- . continuing his testimony, pre- additional "evidence tending to | show opportunity for a meeting of | the minds of Charles W. Morse. his three sons and othcrs for the formi- tion of the alleged conspiracy to de- fraud the United States on shipbuild- | ing contracts, At the same time defense counsel elicited from Higley the statement that he knew of no fact then. and had known of mnone since. which showed that the contracts for build- ing government ships were entered into for the purpose of defrauding, delaying, thwarting or perverting the purpose of the government. Moreover, the witness test!fied that while he was connected with the com- panies he used his very best efforts to carry out the contracts. He stated also that” Charles W. Morse had repeatedly voiced a desire to use every effort to help the government and stated his wil- lingness “to make any financial sacri- fice” in eeeing that the govemment got ships to aid in carrying on the war. Identifies Minates. Higley, in his direct testimony, identi- fled minutes of meetings cf C. W. Morse nd Company, Incorporated, und the Groton Iron Works. Questioncd by Attorney Rockwood of defense counsel, iglev said the United tes Staumship Company, a Morse concern. which owned the stock of the | Groton Tron Works, had assets of “sev- eral millions of dollars” at the time the government contracts were cntered into by the Groton plant. He testified also that the steamship company owned a coptrolling interest in the Hudson Navi- gation Company, which had gross assets of approximately $12.000,000. Government counsel brought out that | the Hudson Navigation Company had ! an outstanding mortgage of $4,000,000 and that several of the steamers listed in the assets of the United States Steamship Company had been detroyed one of them never being heard from af- ter starting for Russia, SPECIAL TRAFFIC POLICE TO BE NAMED Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 4.—At the request of Wilson & Ward and Luther Hoellman, representing the Montgomery county Shriners, the mayor and council will appoint a number of traffic ofiicers for duty in Rockville immediately preceding, ivards and other places will be occu- room 109 ihe New Willard Hotel «nd at the Chevy Chase Library. NEEDS FULL FORCE FOR SHRINE WEEK Police Chief Cites 48 Vacan- cies Which He Wants Filled | Before June 1. | i ! i Superintendent of Police Daniel Sulii- van is extremely anxious to fill the forty-cight vacancies existing in the de- partment before June 1, in order that | he may have the benefit of the serv- ices of more than 1.000 men during| the time the visiting Shriners are here. Registration books are at the | various police stations for the bene- fit of persons who desire to perform special police duty fn the matter of | protecting the visitors. More _than 200 applicants have al- ready registered, and police officials hope to get the remainder of the quota witliin the next week or two. Pay of Specials 35 a Day. Pay of the special policemen has been fixed at $5 a day, two and one- | half times what it was on similar oc- | casions a number of years ago. Ac-! tive and energetic men are wanted for the duty, and those who are fa- millar with the clty and suburbs are most desirable. i In addition to the regular force of approximately 1,000 men, the several hundred specfal policemen and detec- | tives from other cities who are to be appointed, the city will have the as- sistance of a large detail of uniform- ed men from the varfous railroad systems throughout the country. The | roads also will send a number of their best detectives. In Charge of Rallroad Detdils. Capt. P. C. Horne, in charge of the police’ of the Washington Terminal| Company, will have charge of the| railroad 'police details. He expects ! considerably more than one hundred | uniformed “men from the various railroad systems. Pullman cars parked on the property of the Washington | Terminal Company will not be occu- pied, it is stated, while many parked betwoen the south end of Highway bridge and Alexandria, in the Benning Died, [ It is estimated that fully 1,000 Pull-; man's will be parked on the tracks | in Potomac vards. south of Highway | bridge, and on sidings all the way to | Alexandria. ! MAY END BAKERS STRIKE AT MEETING, during and immediately after the Shriners’ convention, to be held in Washington in June. Two for day duty and two for night duty will be chosen from among the members of the volunteer fire com- panies of the town, and Councllman Clifford H. Robertson has been given authority to act with a representa- tive of the fire department and name others if the necessity is felt. Thou- sands of motorists and others arc ex- pected to pass through Rockville on their way to and from the conven- tion, and the town officials are under- stood to be anxious to do everything within their power to insure their safety and that of the public gen- erally. New Parking Law. At thelr regular monthly meeting last evening the mayor and council passed an ordinance prohibiting the parking of automobiles and other vehicles on the block in front of the courthouse and the one immediately west thereof on May 30 and 31 and June 1,2, 3 and 4, the ordinance, however, not to apply to conveyances delivering goods to stores on these blocks. Joseph E. Janney of Brighton has been reappointed by Gov. Ritchie as a member of the county board of education and his commission has been received by the clerk of the circuit court here. His new term begins next Monday and will be for EIX years, Land Value Increases. According to the records in the office of the clerk of the circuit court here, 468% acres of land at Montrose, on the Rockvllle plke, were pur- chased Ly the late Philip Sherrer from William Blanchard and others for $600, or $1.28 an acre. That land | is located on both sides of the pike and part of it is now owned and occupied by Willlam Sherrer, a grandson of Philip Sherrer. Within the last two years a part of the tract. which was unimproved, sold for more than $1,000 an acre, and day by day all of it is going higher and higher. Experts believe thgt the veak for prices of land between Rockville and Washington is (arl from being reached. The annual meeting of the Mont- gomery County Social Service League will be held in the town hall at Poolesville on Tuesday, May 29, with morning and afternoon sessions. Of- ficers will be selected. Miss Grace Abbott of Washington, who is a member of the executive board of the Natlonal Conference of Social Work, is_expected to deliver an ad- dress and other interesting features will be provided. It is. hoped to make it the biggest meeting yet held by the league. Conference Arranged by De- partment of Labor to Set- tle Wage Dispute. Department of Labor stepped into the local bakers' strike again today and arranged a conference for 2 o'clock this afternoon, which is cx- pected to go far toward bringing about a settlement in the wage dis- pute which has placed Washington on short bread rations since Tuesday. John B. Colpoys, commissioner of conclliation, representing the depart- ment, obtained from employing and cmploye bakers today their consent to air their grievances at a confer- ence table and atterupt a compromise of the disagrcement. No Chamge In Situation. At a meeting today in Typographi- cal Temple, unlon bakers received word that there is no change in the situation. The same information was tendered at a meeting of the em- ploying bakers executive board at & meeting in the office of Attorney L. A. Spless In the Soutnern building. At the conference under the auspices of the Department of Labor two days ago the exccutive boards of the union afd of the employers agreed to a proposition for a wage scale of $1.00 per hour day work and $1.10 night work. This proposition was turned down by the body of the union mem- bership when submitted to them, The union is asking $1 per hour day work, and $1.20 night, in lieu of a re- spective present scale of 90 cents and $1.00 per hour. Continue Deliveries. Although opposition was registered at the last meeting of the Bakery Salesmen's Unlon to delivering out- of-town bread for local bakeries, the salesmen did not discontinue such de- liveries, which have gone far toward alleviation of the local bread. short- age. Officials of the organization, scanning anti-trust legislation, d covered that the interstate commerce angle of the situation might lay the, union open for ipfringement of the natfonal law. AS a result no orders to stop deliverig out-of-town bread partment. Z ror and pursc. Colors black and blue. $24.75 to $35.00 18 ly 43 New Misses’ S Bor els. Crepe and 16 to 40. gl silk linings. =¥ $9.75 to 12.75 CAPES, DRESSES *5 ool et stripes. with s Paisley Sizes to 38. Pajama check, nain- sook Union Suits for boys, extra stays_and rows of buttons for pants scats. Sizes 2 to 12. ; 47c Drop Military and Flat Heels i confirmation, % of fine A AN Y oSoodesfoedeliodeds ¥ make ished Girls’ Silk Dresses R A S A Chiffon_taffeta drens- er. In navy, Copenhagen and_brown. also matu- pongel iine styles, richly em- broidered; sizes 7 to 1x. were promulgated. Washington continued on a reduced bread 3 today, and rolls and buns were virtually unanimously absent in the sales records. Yool 98c P R R For Saturday—A Clearance Sale of Coats, Capes, L Spring Suits of Navy Poiret Twill, in Blouse and Tailored mod- Braided and embroidered. Sizes The Capes are made of Silk Faille and Moire in plain and The Dresses are in tai- lored and dressy alltyme crepe’s, combinatioys. oo ol ety G dels ol Kayser’s, Van Raalte’s, Other Popular Makes Children’s Imported Sox, white with fal:cy full-fashioned tops. Sizes 4to 10. .. Boys’ Union Suits GIRLS’ WHITE DRESSES; Of Unusual Style and Quality For May processions and crisp, fresh, white dresses are ideal. Made organdy and elaborate lace, ribbon and em- broidery -effects or tailored models; sizes 4 to 14. Others priced from $1.98 to $17. Girls’ “Goody” Gabardine Regulation Dresses The weli known' “Goody” regulation *dress, girls aged 7 to 14 years. Both are plain white and white with blue collars; these garments are superbly tailored and fin- BEH |PRAISES PRESIDENT | FOR STAND ON PEACE Colored Speaker Commends His Attitude on Tuskegee Hospital. { Commendation of President Hard- {ing for his interest in tho suggestion | that negfoes be placed in charge of | the new $2.500.000 hospital at Tuske- igee, Ala, was rendered in an ad- {dress today by Henry Lincoln John- {#on, national’ committeeman from | Georgia, to the National Race Con- gress of America, holding its eighth annual session at the Mount Carme! Baptist Chureh. The program also included addresses by Emmett J. Scott, secretary and surer of Howard University, and W. H. Dean, pastor of Sharp Street M. E. Church, Baltimore, who touched {upon the increased franchise of ne- groes in_the south. Phil H. Brown of the labor depart- t is to speak this afternoon. He discuss the migration of the ne- 8ro from the south. Officers elected at_yesterday's ses- sion include: Dr. W. H. Jernagin, i Dr. J. U. King, vice presi- . C. C. fomerville, secretary Pelham. executive se T, treasure D. E. son, assistant secretary vert, chaplain; les & or- | ganizer and press agent, and John It Hawkins, treasurer of the defensc fund. It was decided to establish head- | quarters for information in this city with Mrs. G. Pelham in chargc. | “Miss Kathryn M. Johnson, historian, and a member of the National Asso- { ciation for the Advancement of Col- ored People, will speak tonight. It Dr. Men’s Nainsook Shirts and Drawers Made check, le. of shirts pajama at hletic knee sty length. Coritinuing Our Sale of Silk SUITS | DRESSES Values to $24.75 Fully 35 Styles Egyptian Prints, Flat Crepe, Canton Crepe, All- tyme Crepe, Jasperette, , Trico Knit, Tricosham, etc., in the most elaborate trimming, or the plain shades. GLOVE SILK HOSE 1.95 Our best selling price and styles. Some colored tops, beau- tiful lace stripes and thin chiffon effects. Black, white, cordovan. beige, silver, gray, aluminum, and all to match slippers. Women’s Double Extra Size Gauze Union Suits extra size. 59c Women should shell koee, cro- lag in their summer supply at this price. Made of fine quality rarm: {butit - up " shoul- | der, tubular_tailored tops. | chet edge. Slzes 46 and 48. MAY SALE OF WHITE PUMPS o $7-89 One and Two Strap Models All Sizes R A’ voile, vl $3.95 for XXX SR ool X $2.95 Girls' Middy Blouses Plain white and 9 l ool blue trimmed Blouses, of good quality galatea cloth,” for girls 4 to 16 year: ol fashionable designs,and in the most delightful spring Sizes in the lot from 16 to 48. B e e L e R Suits elodeelp el drawers, Reinforced scats e aard , Dresses $3.98 Paisley JACQUETTES Paisley Blouses are the very “cream” of Spring Blouses! Im- agine, only $298 for them here tomorrow! There are both All- ver Paisleys, Crepe de Chine Paisley combinations to choose fro $14.75 to $16.75 COATS, CAPES esfeindradeadiafrodeofpeirabeadiadpadmiiatootoetrefoddrduioadrelrifrdoadeedadbaioateade o et The Coats are Velours. Po laires and Overplaids. Belted and flared sleeves. The Capes are in Velours and Silk Faille with plain or fur collars. Sizes 16 to 42. 4 "ol ofoedsdfeadsolenimafrnienirniomiretendretge Hats that are full of dash and | smartness. J —Leghorns —Straws —Taffetas Just 100 of them, and many are worth to $6.00. —Flower Trimmed Tan Play Oxfords For Service and Comfort Also a small lot of Tan dals; both with ex- tension soles. Sizes 3 tol2e i Infants’ Wear SATURDAY SPECIALS $4.00 COATS oo Coats, made LG ery shoulder aicely lined. Babies’ White Dresses el e Babies’ Bonnets silk em- b roidered Bonnets, in French and ruched styles, Graig_Cor- with ' dainty 85 J [ capes and Made of 45 batiste, in C 20d embroidery. Daintily 49 white mull c J with ribbon trimming. Sau- Popular Elastic Girdles 510 Btoutly made grades for misses and women. made “of ‘flesh color Coutll with side inser- ton of wide elastic. Finished with four supporters. educing Corset $1.98 Stout women will get comfort snd pe! fect figures by wear- ing these abdominal strapped reducing %ruu, sizes 23 to Brocade Brassieres Flesh-colored 81k effects, mercerized 'in new button front and back styles, finished with garter tops, all sizes.